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語源

From Latin Seleucus, from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˌsɛleˈukəs/, /ˌsɛlˈjukəs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /səˈluːkəs/, /səˈljuːkəs/

固有名詞

Seleucus

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, particularly Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire.

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発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [sɛˈɫɛu̯.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [seˈlɛːu̯.kus]

固有名詞

Seleucus m sg (genitive Seleucī); second declension

1. the name of several kings of Syria (their ancestor, Seleucus Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great after the latter’s death founded the kingdom of the Seleucidae)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Junianus Justinus to this entry?)

2. the name of a mathematician and confidant of Vespasian

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Tacitus to this entry?)

3. the name of a servant of Quintus Lepta
   • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 6.18:

     Simulatque accepi a Seleuco tuo litteras, statim quaesivi e Balbo per codicillos quid esset in lege.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. the name of a player on the cithern

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Juvenal to this entry?)

語形変化

Second-declension noun, singular only.

派生した語

• English: Seleucus
• ?Italian: Seleuco
• ?Portuguese: Seleuco

参照

• “Sĕleucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sĕleucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,417/2”

Further reading

• Seleucus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia